Content Analysis of Apps for Growth Monitoring and Growth Hormone Treatment: Systematic Search in the Android App Store.

JMIR MHealth and UHealth
L Fernandez-LuqueEkaterina Koledova

Abstract

The use of mobile apps for health is growing. This rapid growth in the number of health apps can make it hard to assess their quality and features. The increased demand for and availability of mobile health apps highlights the importance of regular publication of reviews to identify potential areas of unmet needs and concern. The focus of this review is mobile apps for monitoring growth for health care professionals, caregivers, and patients. Monitoring growth as a part of healthy physical development is important across different periods of childhood and adolescence. The goal of this content analysis is to map and understand the types of apps that currently exist that are related to growth monitoring and growth hormone treatment. A semiautomated search was undertaken using the app search engine 42Matters, complemented by a manual search for growth apps using the web search tool of Google Play (Android App Store). Apps were rated on their relevance to growth monitoring and categorized by independent raters. In total, 76 apps were rated relevant to growth monitoring or growth hormone treatment. The level of agreement was measured for the semiautomated search and was very high (Κ=0.97). The target audience for 87% of the apps (66...Continue Reading

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Jul 31, 2020·BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making·Ekaterina KoledovaPaula van Dommelen
Dec 12, 2020·JMIR MHealth and UHealth·Alejandro Plaza RonceroIsabel de la Torre-Díez
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